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seisear

seisear

Irish

seisear

Noun

seisear m (genitive singular seisir, nominative plural seisir)

  1. group of six people
    seisear iníonacha aici.
    She has six daughters.

Usage notes

This noun followed by the genitive plural is the usual way of saying ‘six’ when it refers to human beings; it is also sometimes used with other nouns, especially if the things they denote are being personified.

Declension

Related terms

  • (six)

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
seisear sheisear
after an, tseisear
unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.